June 1999 Issue This is an incomplete listing of issue contents Jump to: Memoirs | Literary biography | Fiction by Women | Ficton by men Memoirs Christopher Hitchens Despite Those Eyelashes, He Blew It Some Times in America By Alexander Chancellor Literary biography Kathryn Hughes Best Account We Have George’s Ghosts: The Secret Life of W B Yeats By Brenda Maddox Fiction by Women Candia McWilliam Should Win the Prize Everything You Need By A L Kennedy D J Taylor Old Stench of Death Close Range By Annie Proulx LR Ficton by men Stephen Amidon Dog’s Tale Timbuktu By Paul Auster LR
Christopher Hitchens Despite Those Eyelashes, He Blew It Some Times in America By Alexander Chancellor
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Richard Flanagan's Question 7 is this year's winner of the @BGPrize.
In her review from our June issue, @rosalyster delves into Tasmania, nuclear physics, romance and Chekhov.
Rosa Lyster - Kiss of Death
Rosa Lyster: Kiss of Death - Question 7 by Richard Flanagan
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‘At times, Orbital feels almost like a long poem.’
@sam3reynolds on Samantha Harvey’s Orbital, the winner of this year’s @TheBookerPrizes
Sam Reynolds - Islands in the Sky
Sam Reynolds: Islands in the Sky - Orbital by Samantha Harvey
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Nick Harkaway, John le Carré's son, has gone back to the 1960s with a new novel featuring his father's anti-hero, George Smiley.
But is this the missing link in le Carré’s oeuvre, asks @ddguttenplan, or is there something awry?
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D D Guttenplan: Smiley Redux - Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway
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